Lady&#39;s hosiery



Nov. 22, 1927. 1,650,104

w. E. ZANDER L'ADY S HOSIERY Filed March 16, 1925 Patented Nov. 22,1927.

WALTER E. ZANDER, 0F PHILADELPHIA,

, OFFICE.

PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 'ro sonnnrrnn dz ZANDER, INC., 01 PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENN- sravanra.

LADYSY HOSIERY.

Application filed March 16, 1925. Serial No. 15,750.

This invention, generally stated, relates to full fashioned hosiery andhas more especialrelation to so-called silk chiffon hosiery.

Silk chiffon hosiery, which is very populad at the present time, is ofsuch fine texture throughout that the instep and foot portions areentirely too delicate to withstand even moderately hard usage. Theresult that the leg portion is frequently in good order but'the instepand foot port-ion condition renders the stocking useless for furtherwear. If the foot portion was reinforced according to well known methodsof reinforce an unsightly line would appear at the juncture of the legand instep portions of the stocking, which, since low shoes are almostexclusively now worn by women, is highly undesirable. I

The leading object of the present invention is to overcome the aboveobjectionable features and provide a silk chiffon stocking structure inwhich while all the delicate texture of the leg portion is preserved thefoot and instep portions are efficiently reinforced in such manner thattheregular web threads and the reinforcing threads form a fabric withparts blending one into the other in an artistic manner commensuratewith the high grade of hosiery under discussion. Other and furtherobjects not at this time appearing will be referred to hereinafter.

The invention consists of the novel construction hereinafter describedand finally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will bemore fully understood from the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in which:

Fig. 1, is a view in side elevation of a stocking embodying theinvention.

Fig. 2, is a fragmentary view in vation thereof; and

Fig. 3, is a similar view in rear elevation thereof.

For the purpose of illustrating my inven tion I have shown in theaccompanying drawings one form thereof which is at present preferred byme, since the same has been found in practice to give satisfactory andfront ele- -reliable results, although it is to be under stood that thevarious instrumentalities of which my invention consists can bevariously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limitedto' the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities asherein shown and described.

Hosiery embodying features of the present invention is knit upon astraight knitting machine equipped with apparatus as shown, describedand claimed in U. S. Letters Patent numbered 1,198,482, dated September19, 1916. In manufacture, the stocking web 10, which has salvage edges,is knit in a well understood manner until after the narrowing operationhas been completed as indicated at 11. The web as fabricated is of veryfine grade of silk chiffon, a ver popular material. as at presentemploye At or shortly after the narrowing operation, as fancy indicates,carriers supplied with reinforcing thread are thrown into action forknitting into the web, simultaneously with web formation, a plurality ofreinforcedinstep and ankle portions. Each carrier functions to knitreinforcing thread into the web in successive courses to cause the innerends of the courses to define symmetrical, zig-zag-like lines 12 toprovide a reinforcing portion 13 of which there-may be any desirednumber. For illustrative purposes I have shown four of such portions inthe drawings. It is desirable, however, to have these reinforcedportions at the instep and ankle parts of a stocking. The reinforcedparts gradually increase in width as they approach the stocking foot.The stocking foot, heel, and toe parts are reinforced throughout and thereinforced instep and ankle parts merge with the heel and footreinforcement so that when low shoes or slippers are worn there isprovided above :the shoe line a plurality of spaced reinforced partswhich radually taper upwardlyand are annular y disposed. Thus silkchiffon stockings may be manufactured. to provide maximum wearingqualities at the toe, foot, and heel portions including instep and ankleportions without exposing a marked degree of reinforcement above theshoe line. Since the reinforced parts may be arranged in difierentdesigns many pleasis to be understood that the same is susceptible ofmodification 'invarious particulars without departing from the spirit orscope of theiinvention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What I claim is: I

1. A stocking having a leg portion of silk chifi'on combined with a footportion having a substantially continuous'reinforcement at the instepextending well above the emma upper edge of the usual low shoe, andmerging into a plurality of ornamental upward projections. p

2. A stocking having a leg portion of silk chifion combined. with afoot-portion reinforced over substantially the entire instep and anklewith ornamental reinforced stripes projecting upward into the legportion.

chifi'o'n combined with a foot portion reinforced over substantially theentire instep and ankle by ornamental reinforced areas projecting intothe leg portion, two of said areas extending upward from the heel atopposit-e sides of the leg, and the combined width'of said areas at thebase being approximately equal to the width of the heel.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

WALTER E; ZANDER.

3. A stocking having a leg portion of sill;-

